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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1874.
placed in conspicuous part of ship.
[Ibid, sec. 317.]
Forgery of
certificate a misdemeanour. [Ibid, sec. 320.]
certificate as aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of the dupli- cates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspicuous part of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such certifi- cate remains in force and such ship is in use; and in default, such owner or master shall, for every offence, incur a penalty not ex- ceeding fifty dollars.
16. Every person who knowingly and wilfully makes, or declaration or assists in making, or procures to be made a false or fraudulent declaration or certificate with respect to any steamer requiring a certificate under this section, or who forges, assists in forging, or procures to be forged, fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any declaration or certificate required by this section, or any words or figures in any such declaration or certificate, or any signature thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.
Surveyors to make returns
of the build and other particulars of steam ships,
and owners and masters to give in-
formation for that purpose. [Ibid, sec. 321.]
Harbour
Master may refuse clear-
ances to ship
passengers than allowed by certificate.
of
17. The said surveyors shall, from time to time, make such returns to the Governor as he requires with respect to the build, dimensions, draught, burden, rate of sailing, room for fuel, and the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of the ship surveyed by them; and every owner, master and engineer any such ship shall, on demand, give to such surveyors all such information and assistance within his power as they require for the purpose of such returns; and every such owner, master, or engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such information or assistance, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
Penalties for carrying Passengers in excess of the Numbers allowed by Certificate.
VII. The master of any ship carrying more than ten passengers (except such ship come within the operation of "The Chinese Pas- senger's Act, 1855"), shall, upon application to the Harbour carrying more Master for a port clearance, state the number of passengers he purposes to carry in the then projected voyage; and if such number shall be in excess of the number such ship is allowed to carry by her passenger certificate whether granted in the United Kingdom, any British possession, or by the Government of any foreign power; or in the case of a foreign ship not having any such certificate, if such number shall exceed one passenger for every tons of her gross tonnage, the Harbour Master may refuse a port clearance to such ship. Any master wilfully mis- representing the number of passengers so about to be carried shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.
Penalty for taking more passengers
than allowed
2. Any master of any such ship who shall, after having obtained such port clearance, wilfully take or receive on board such vessel any number of passengers greater than that allowed by the said by certificate. port clearance, shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars in addition to a penalty of five dollars for every such passenger in excess of the number permitted to be carried by the said port clearance.
Governor may prohibit con-
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to prohibit the veyance of deck conveyance of deck passengers by any ship.
waters of the
Colony with
more passengers
passengers. Penalty on 4. If any British or foreign ship enters the waters of the Colony, ship entering having on board a greater number of passengers than is allowed by her certificate, or if she has no such certificate, having on board more than one passenger for every
tons of her gross tonnage, the master thereof shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, and also an additional penalty not exceeding. by certificate. five dollars for every passenger over and above the number al- lowed by her certificate, or in the case of her having no such certificate, then such master shall incur the above penalty for every passenger carried in excess of the proportion of one pas- senger to every
tons of her gross tonnage.
than allowed
Survey of ships suspected of being unsea- worthy.
Survey of Unseaworthy Ships.
VIII. Where the Governor has received a complaint, or has reason to believe, that any British ship is, by reason of the defective con- dition of her hull, equipments, or machinery, or by reason of (M.S. A. 1873, overloading or improper loading, unfit to proceed to sea without para. 12.] serious danger to human life, he may, if he thinks fit, appoint some competent person or persons to survey such ship, and the equipments, machinery and cargo thereof, and to report thereon to the Governor.
Any person so appointed may, for the purposes of such survey, require the unloading or removal of any cargo, ballast, or tackle, and shall have all the powers of an inspector appointed under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854."
Any person who (having notice of the intention to hold such survey) wilfully does or causes to be done any act by which